Do You Feel This Way About Online Aspergian Communities?

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When I got diagnosed Aspergers it was a natural reaction to join an online community about the disorder. I didn’t join wrong planet at first, but I won’t advertise that other forum here.
Anyways I feel that online Aspergian communities focus far too much on the subject for my liking and that’s why I haven’t bothered posting on anything online that’s Aspergers related for a while until now. Aspergers and Autism isn’t a great thing to focus on if you have it because it isn’t all that positive. I understand that I’ve got Aspergers, but I don’t feel any great desire to participate in a community about it or even meet people with it.

All I’d like to meet is people with the same hobbies and interest as myself. Not necessarily the same brain disorder as myself.

I’d like to also add that I’ve met some great people with Aspergers on here and this isn’t an attack on people with the condition. Its more of an attack on the way of the communities that are around Aspergers.

Most if not all communities have forums to talk about non aspergers related issues.

You can talk about non-AS stuff anywhere. AS communities are the only places where you can talk about AS without having to explain it from the ground up every time.

I'll probably get tired of it at some point (maybe?). But to me it's not so much negative. It's a positive feeling to me to discover that I'm not alone. I can find people with the same interests on other sites.

agreed

Hi,

I understand what you want to say Renagade, well, I guess...
I think that looking for people with same interests etc... is about sharing something (common) with others.
We are not here to complain about our disorder, I suppose, but to share our experiences, difficulties, tricks, interests etc...
And looking more precisely, maybe you could find people who are the ones you are looking for

Post a topic about what you want, wait and see.
First, maybe PMs, then personal emails, instant messaging etc...

It's just a naive suggestion, no more, no less

Take care

It's in the nature of Asperger's to focus on one subject too intensely. Did you expect this community to be composed of small talk and cliques?

There are tons of subforums for discussing other things.

There are many sub forums here, that you might be interested in.

Yeah, I hate Asperger's forums, that's why I'm on one

Nah, as others have said, they're more about people with Asperger's getting together and chatting than talking about Asperger's itself, though can do that as well of course

I like WP here, and there's lots of cool people. I still feel like a freak though, and there's few around here who seem to share my specific interests. I feel like I fall between the cracks of the sub forums. I don't really seem to rub along with folks on forums and sites that are full of mainly NT types. Anyway, I don't necessarily want a solution, just sayin' how I feel.

Exactly! its great to have a place where we can discuss issues, share our stories, get opinions, etc

And I'm sure you have noticed there is many forums here about different subjects, other then autism.

When I first joined WP I had the same concerns as you. thinking I shouldn't get into this too much because it might be like focussing on the problems too much or seeing myself in a negative way but actually that's not what I've found. I find this site really comforting, supportive and inspiring. For me, it's a way of having social interaction without the difficulties I usually face in person. I can get a lot more satisfication out of interaction through written communication. I think the people on the forum have lots of good ideas and compassion in regards to dealing with the different way we experience the world. So for me there's two reasons why it works: 1. it's written communication with others who presumably also prefer written communication 2. lots of exposure to different ideas and advice on things that are relevant to me and which I can't find elsewhere.

Progress for solutions over unproductive complaining. That's the reason I'm here.